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Geography

See the whole world, one place at a time.

Rivers, deserts, mountains and oceans, explored on a globe. Your child learns why places look the way they do and how people live there.

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Steve Irwin

Wildlife expert and conservationist, 1962 to 2006

Steve loved wild places and the animals that live in them. He takes your child out into the field, from the source of the Nile to the edge of the Sahara.

An AI character inspired by Steve Irwin, not the real person.

What’s inside

3 courses, lesson by lesson

14 modules in the curriculum

  1. 01

    The continents

    • Your country
    • Europe
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • North America
    • South America
    • Oceania and Antarctica
  2. 02

    Famous places

    • The Nile
    • The Amazon rainforest
    • The Sahara
    • The Alps and the Himalaya
  3. 03

    The whole planet

    • Oceans of the world
    • Rivers of the world
    • Climate zones and biomes
Levels:Find places on the globeRead land, water and directionExplain how people live there

A sample lesson, about 10 minutes

A lesson with Steve Irwin

  1. 1

    Find the river

    Spin the globe to north-east Africa and point to the Nile.

  2. 2

    Source to sea

    Trace the river north to the Mediterranean. North on the map is not uphill.

  3. 3

    Find the delta

    Spot where the river fans out before it meets the sea.

  4. 4

    Why people live here

    See how river water lets people farm and build towns in the desert.

Skills to grow towards

What your child practises

  • Finds the Nile in north-east Africa on a globe

  • Explains that north on a map does not mean uphill

  • Explains how a river lets people farm in a dry land

Questions from parents

The first Nile lesson. Your child follows the river from its source region to the sea.

Goes well with

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